September 5, 1981: Stevie Nicks went to Number 1 on the US album chart with Bella Donna.
Though Stevie Nicks begin recording Bella Donna in the waning days of 1980, the seeds for her debut solo album were planted years before.
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Nicks wrote a handful of the songs before joining Fleetwood Mac in early 1975 and others throughout her first few years with the band.
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September 5, 1946: Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar; a set of islands off the coast of Africa.
The Bulsara family moved to Middlesex in 1964 and from there Freddie joined up with a blues band called Wreckage.
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While singing for Wreckage, a fellow student introduced Freddie to Roger Taylor and Brian May, founder members of a band called Smile. Smile metamorphosed into Queen when Freddie joined Roger and Brian as the lead vocalist.
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September 5,1964: Manfred Mann entered the US chart at Number 58 with "Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy."
The songwriting team of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich were looking to recreate the gibberish gold they struck on The Crystals hit "Da Doo Ron Ron" and settled on "Do Wah Diddy." They thought it another girl group hit.
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September 5, 1970: Janis Joplin started recording sessions recording a version of "Me and Bobby McGee."
"Me and Bobby McGee" was written by Kris Kristofferson.
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Kristofferson would become a successful solo artist and appear in several movies, but it was Janis Joplin's hit cover of this song that brought his career to the next level.
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September 5, 1987: Billy Idol's cover of Tommy James and the Shondells "Mony, Mony" starts up Billboard's chart. When it reaches the top, it will knock off another Tommy James cover: Tiffany with "I Thnk We're Alone Now."
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Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
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